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Burden Iron Works
Watervliet, New York
Historical Marker Database · Howard C. Ohlhous
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Henry Burden's Upper Works stood here, where he founded Burden Iron Works in 1809 and developed the modern horseshoe and railroad spike on the site of the world's most powerful water wheel.
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